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Polly is a special needs Persian kitty who needs help

Lauren A. Little: Reading Eagle
This little girl has been through a lot recently.
Her long luxurious coat had become so matted and tangled that she needed to be shaved. She was in such bad shape that her delicate skin ripped as the cruel accumulation of neglect was removed. Part of her tail was amputated as well.
Now, she sports stitches and a little kitty-sized Elizabethan collar to keep her from worrying her wounds. She’s also got a stuffy nose.
“Polly,” as she is called, needs a home. She currently resides in the cat colony at the Animal Rescue League of Berks County.
At just about 2 years old, she has a long life ahead of her and a bad start in life has not soured her disposition.
Reading Eagle photographer Lauren A. Little welled up with emotion as she relayed this little long-haired kitty’s tale.
Each week Lauren is dispatched to the Animal Rescue League or Humane Society of Berks County to photograph the furry creatures for the “Pet of the Week” advertisement that runs each week in the Sunday classified section. It’s a trip that Lauren loves and is tortuous at the same time — she is an animal lover.
Squishy-faced long-haired cats particularly pull at her heartstrings.
On Thursday Lauren went back to photograph Polly for this blog and when she entered the cat colony and sat down, Polly promptly plopped on her lap and began to purr.
If Lauren’s apartment wasn’t already home to four pets, she’d bring Polly home herself.
Lauren and I have made a little deal. If she sees a special needs animal while on her “Pet of the Week” shoots, she’ll send me a little something and together we’ll see if we can’t help get these guys adopted.